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1 week ago | 
insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Jacqulin Kuk |Tom Abrams |Kevin Lu
In this article, FactSet partner firm Emmi utilizes FactSet fixed income data to consider whether investors can use green bonds to reduce climate transition risk in portfolios. To allow a comparison between green and non-green bonds, all corporate bonds are assessed, amounting to more than $24 trillion of outstanding global corporate debt. Green bonds have emerged as a growing debt instrument for some asset managers, with estimates suggesting over $2 trillion in issuance over the past five years.
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1 month ago | 
insight.factset.com | Matthew Hoza |FactSet Insight |Nate Miller |Mitch Jennings
Even as demand from data centers grows, weather remains a dominant factor affecting both gas and power markets across the United States. In Texas, the drop to frigid temperatures several times this winter has led to a significant increase in ERCOT prices, surging by an average of 20% compared to the previous year.
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2 months ago | 
insight.factset.com | John Butters |FactSet Insight
At this stage of the fourth quarter earnings season, S&P 500 companies are reporting strong results relative to expectations. Both the percentage of S&P 500 companies reporting positive earnings surprises and the magnitude of earnings surprises are above their 10-year averages. As a result, the index is reporting higher earnings for the fourth quarter today relative to the end of last week and relative to the end of the quarter.
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2 months ago | 
insight.factset.com | John Butters |FactSet Insight
During each corporate earnings season, companies may comment on government policies that could have an impact on their business in the current quarter or in future quarters. Given the Trump administration implementing new tariffs on China and leaving the door open for future tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other countries, have S&P 500 companies commented on tariffs during their earnings conference calls for the fourth quarter? The answer is yes.
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2 months ago | 
insight.factset.com | John Butters |FactSet Insight
At this stage of the fourth quarter earnings season, S&P 500 companies are reporting strong results relative to expectations. Both the percentage of S&P 500 companies reporting positive earnings surprises and the magnitude of earnings surprises are above their 10-year averages. As a result, the index is reporting higher earnings for the fourth quarter today relative to the end of last week and relative to the end of the quarter.
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2 months ago | 
insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |John Butters
FactSet’s VP Senior Earnings Analyst John Butters discusses S&P 500 midseason earnings growth rates, sector performance, and highlights among the Magnificent 7/Fateful 8 with MRKT Call hosts Dan Nathan and Guy Adami. John also sums up the macro factors of a stronger U.S. dollar and tariffs that have been discussed on earnings calls to date. Recorded Feb. 3 at 2pm ET. The FactSet Insight podcast is for informational purposes only.
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2 months ago | 
insight.factset.com | Elisabeth Kashner |FactSet Insight |Colin Devereaux
U.S. ETFs broke everything in 2024. We saw record-high flows and new launches. AUM crossed the $10 trillion threshold. Crypto burst onto the scene. Active management exploded in popularity. Leveraged single-stock ETFs captured a shocking level of flows, and the ones focused on MicroStrategy actually stopped functioning properly. An ETF that profits off the volatility of an erstwhile software company that has become a leveraged play on Bitcoin? Peak 2024.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Colin Devereaux
FactSet is on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and our first episode focuses on Washington and the financial sector. It’s full speed ahead in the first 100 days of the new administration with reviews of previous regulations and proposals of new regulations along with selections of new heads of key financial services sector agencies such as the SEC, CFTC, OCC, FDIC, and CFPB. There are also four major deadlines that will drive the Congressional decision-making process throughout the year.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
insight.factset.com | Colin Devereaux |FactSet Insight |Jose Paulo Tolentino
In private equity, the large strategies of buyouts, venture capital, credit, and real estate naturally grab the headlines as the biggest players in the industry. But there is an important subset of strategies to explore: the fund of funds, co-investments, and secondaries that raise private capital to invest in the big fund strategies. As those strategies make up a smaller percentage of the industry and our dataset, we’ve analyzed whether their returns mirror those of the total industry.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Jose Paulo Tolentino
U.S. M&A deal activity increased in December, going up 0.6% with 997 announcements compared to 991 in November. However, aggregate M&A spending decreased. In December 4.8% less was spent on deals compared to November. In terms of M&A deal activity, 5 of the 21 sectors tracked by FactSet saw an increase in M&A deal activity over the past three months relative to the same three-month period one year ago: Technology Services (672 vs. 622), Health Technology (128 vs. 104), Process Industries (100 vs.
